Elombe Brath

Cecil Elombe Brath (30 September 1936-19 May 2014) was a Barbadian-American pan-Africanist activist from New York City and the husband of Helene Nomsa Brath.

Biography
Cecil Elombe Brath was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1936, and he grew up in Harlem and Hunts Point. He won a scholarship to the School of Visual Arts and founded the African Jazz-Art Society & Studios in 1956 with the goal of "reclaiming" jazz music so that it was under black control. He also sought to eliminate the use of the word "negro" and started the "Black is Beautiful" campaign in 1961, introducing the afro to African-American culture. During the 1970s, he supported African anti-colonial liberation movements and  supported the unification of black people around the world. He died in 2014.